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Lori Mastrella signs a petition asking the state to allow camping at Portage Cove during a "Camp-In" organized by mayor Tom Morphet on May 17, 2024. (Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News)

Local News, Haines Borough, News

Assembly Briefs: A new tour permit, household waste disposal, advisory votes on contentious issues

by Rashah McChesney - Chilkat Valley News July 12, 2024October 14, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court, pictured, issued a decision on a case dealing with a legal precedent that gave federal agencies broad discretion to use their judgment to resolve any ambiguity Congress left in a federal statute. (Jane Norman/States Newsroom)

U.S. Supreme Court flips precedent that empowered federal agencies

by Jacob Fishler - Alaska Beacon July 12, 2024October 13, 2024

hree brown bear cubs crouch in the grass near their mother in a meadow in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve in 2009. A new rule resurrects a ban on bear baiting by sport hunters in national preserves in Alaska, but the National Park Service opted against expanding the rule to ban other controversial practices. (Courtesy/ K. Jalone, National Park Service)

Bear baiting again banned in national preserves in Alaska, under new National Park Service rule

by Yereth Rosen - Alaska Beacon July 12, 2024August 29, 2024

A school bus passes in front of the Alaska Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

State of Alaska, News, Education, Alaska Legislature

Gov. Dunleavy vetoes millions intended to solve Alaska’s federal education funding equity dispute

by Claire Stremple - Alaska Beacon July 12, 2024September 11, 2024

Alaska U.S. District Court Judge Joshua Kindred during his U.S. Senate confirmation hearing. (Screenshot from Senate Judiciary Committee video)

Federal judge Joshua Kindred resigns after reprimand for judicial misconduct involving law clerks

by Mark Sabbatini - Juneau Empire July 10, 2024September 11, 2024

McHugh Pierre, Goldbelt’s president and CEO, discusses the Alaska Native Regional Corporation’s operations during its 50th-anniversary celebration at its Vintage Park Campus on Jan. 4. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)

Southeast News, Business & Commerce

Goldbelt seeks dismissal of $30M lawsuit by medical company

by Mark Sabbatini - Juneau Empire July 9, 2024October 14, 2024

Students with the Della Keats precollege program attend a lecture at the University of Alaska Anchorage campus in 2024. (Photo by Chanmi Joo)

News, Education

Precollege program for rural, Alaska Native health students gets reboot and grant after funding gap

by Claire Stremple - Alaska Beacon July 9, 2024October 14, 2024

A herring on a background of herring with the caption "Fake news from a real town"

Haines Herring: Alaskans gather for annual Parade of Tan Lines

by Joe Aultman-Moore July 7, 2024September 22, 2024

Letter to the Editor typewriter image

Letters to the Editor

We should plan ahead for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence

by Chilkat Valley News July 5, 2024August 29, 2024

Smoke from the Swan Lake Fire burning in the Chugach National Forest obscures the view of Kenai Fjords National Park's Exit Glacier on Aug. 23, 2019. The glacier can normally be seen clearly from this visitor pullout established by the National Park Service. The Park Service is preparing a fire management plan for five coastal units, including Kenai Fjords. WIldfire smoke is one of the considerations in the plan. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

News, Environment

National Park Service drafting plan that might allow fire-prevention work in coastal Alaska units

by Yereth Rosen - Alaska Beacon June 22, 2024September 11, 2024